אֲמַרְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or prolonged אֲמַרְיָהוּ; from H559 (אָמַר) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has said (i.e. promised);

KJV Usage

Amariah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.zadok's grandfather
• 2.a head priest's son in solomon's time
• 3.a chief priest under jehoshaphat
• 4.hezekiah's son, great-grandfather of zephaniah
• 5.a levite in ezra's time
• 6.a levite under hezekiah
• 7.a priest in nehemiah's time

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĂmaryâh; Pronunciation: am-ar-yaw'